Knit Sew Thrive - Mending and Alterations

10/10/2024

Dear lovely people,
Due to some months of a perfect storm of some health issues in my household, increasing caring commitments with my Grandad, and some house changes which are impacting the sewing room, I'm making the call to pause KnitSewThrive until the end of this year.

This means I will not be able to accept any new jobs.

For those who have clothing with me now, I thank you immensely for your patience with my delays in sewing and with replying to your messages. I'll be making contact to either arrange a pick up time for your finished items, or to link you with my wonderful alterations colleagues in Bega or Tura to have them completed by someone else.

I sincerely look forward to getting back to the sewing room for others when life calms down a bit!

In the meantime, I can wholeheartedly recommend my tailoring/seamstress colleagues for your alterations needs:

Esther Robinson, Ravenswood St Bega. Ph. 0427 289 585.

Rae Griffiths, Tura. Ph. 0437304056

Keep on repairing, creating, and altering!

Myf

05/06/2024

Celebrating World Environment Day here at KnitSewThrive by keeping Bega Valley clothing out of landfill and looking good for longer!

Extending the life of your clothing by just a few more wears with a timely mend or alteration makes a huge difference to a huge waste problem. Big thanks, every wonderful human who has brought clothing over for a bit of TLC 💚

"The fashion industry is one of the highest polluting industries. It is responsible for an estimated 10% of global CO2 emissions.

Australians are the world's second largest consumers of textiles BUT:

- The average person only wears 40% of their clothes

- Of the clothes that go to charity, it is estimated that only 15% are resold within Australia

- The rest are sent to landfill or overseas to developing nations

- In landfill, decomposing materials can take up to hundreds of years to break down whilst releasing methane and some release microplastics into the soil and eventually into our water streams."
- Clean Up Australia

26/06/2023

Knit jumper now back in the post to keep its owner toasty 😊
This one needed a few inches removed from the length, and the cuff reknit to match the original style.

03/06/2023

New beginnings for two felted pure wool pieces of clothing rescued from an op shop throw out pile.
Perfect project for a grey winter day!

25/05/2023

Here at KnitSewThrive, we believe that our world should never have piles of unsold clothing making disgusting fast fashion clothing dumps of over consumption in our deserts.

If you believe this too, huge thanks. Let's keep clothing lasting for longer by buying longer lasting materials, buying less, and looking after what we have. I'm always here to help you do that, or teach you how to do it yourself.

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/05/see-the-worlds-unsold-clothing-in-a-huge-desert-pileup/amp/

Photo: satellite image of clothing dump in the Atacama Desert from linked article.

23/05/2023

KnitSewThrive's prize for furthest away job goes to Karen from Bundaberg! Working on a knit jumper adjustment for her daughter, and enjoying being an 'interstate alterations business'. Feel free to use the postal system to send me jobs.... extra points if you send from Cape York, Darwin, Hobart or Western Australia😉😁

22/05/2023

A little bit of embroidery makes a plain jumper special.
One step at a time against fast fashion "buy it, chuck it out" trends.

20/05/2023

Warm hat weather! I made this one for Mum in 2009. It's lasted pretty well, but needed a new band that wasn't stretched with holes! Wool from stash, a satisfying red.

04/05/2023

Instead of putting your old clothes in the bin, do try out making a rag rug. All you have to do is cut the old clothes into strips, and then you can knot them into a rug base. Bega Vinnies recently had a few metres of rug base in their craft section for very little, otherwise, check out our Bega sewing shop Country Crafts and Cottons. Less to landfill, and more use from the material! 🌿🥰

03/05/2023

Happy Thursday all! Very quiet on the posting front, but the sewing front and life/ work have been busy as always.
Here's a happy mend, one granny trolley bag that had lost its lining and ended up with a few rips. Now ready to roll, with new lining (a second hand curtain) and patch support.
Thanks for the ongoing fun repairs! These spark much joy.

20/02/2023

When you're this wild a sleeping bag and your zipper has broken, you need a multicolour zip and a shiny new zipper pull to keep the vibe!
All zip replacements sorted at KnitSewThrive, and quite a few of them recently!

20/02/2023

$2 for any piece of women's clothing at Salvos in Bega! If they need a tweak to fit you perfectly, then bring them to me and we'll sort your wardrobe.
Reducing clothing to landfill, keeping money in wallets by buying second hand, and wearing something tailored for you, can't beat that combination.

Yesterday was huge!! New stock coming out daily so don’t miss out on the preloved bargains… Rog